A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wished Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19 18 37.7 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences6135 25 0 0 0 1
Number of authors33 22 10 1

Occurrences of wished in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ven though, tae be honest, ah wished fur the telly tae explode, or on page 34

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Then Ah aefauld wished him weel, on page 23

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Guid or ill, whit he wished fur thaim would go back tae h on page 1

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
a surviving girl child, I wished I could be on page 51

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Tae spier it whit he wished tae ken. on page 26

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s tae be as effective as they wished it, commination never was mor on page 103
Which wished frae them a double dose, on page 113

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
aw that. Fur a minute ah even wished they'd take the bliddy gromit on page 21
Wance ah got there though, ah wished ah hadnae bothert cause he ma on page 66
pure mad. After ah said it ah wished ah could sook aw the words ba on page 150
terrible, ah said, an then ah wished ah hadnae opent ma mooth caus on page 169

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
And och, hoo he wished he could gang inside the choc on page 8

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
Kat aften wished Doug wid shaw Fraser whit he on page 2

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
last deek at Mr. Poe. Aw they wished noo wis that they could jist on page 24
yer ain life ye've sometimes wished ye were gettin raised by fowk on page 60
let stared up at the sky. She wished she could invent somethin tha on page 67
t wis gaun on, and they anely wished that they wirnae involved in on page 134
ht o their luvin parents, and wished mair than ever that the fire on page 161

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
took Stella Marie ootside, ah wished there wur curtains oan ma pra on page 78

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
yer ain element, ain rhythm, wished well in aw ye dae. on page 22
the labour the wife says she wished A would've fir then A could'v on page 45

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
An nae maitter whit it wis he wished for, they'd find a wey tae ge on page 40

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Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
He wished the dauncer wid look at him. on page 73

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Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e thaim cooped up in cages. A wished somebody wid pit her in a cag on page 118

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
big folk called it. Jings, Ah wished Ah'd wan o thim tae. Then Ah on page 45

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
o wiz at fault but ah’d aye wished they’d kiss n make up. Ach
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Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
aw that. Fur a minute ah even wished they’d take the bliddy grom
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Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
tae. Ah wis pure mortified ah wished ah hadnae even mentioned it.
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
it an sheuk her heid like she wished she coud whiech awae the wird
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
he wished that she'd mak up his mind.
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
pt me busy. Truth be told, ah wished ah’d done mare ay it wae Je
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
o the storm clouds above. She wished she could dae that, hide betw
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
lin jist came fae the sky. He wished he cuid jist blame some ither
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
The meenister must huv wished it cud be lik that on a Sunda

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
e stick up for me any mair. A wished a wis dead.
1 matches

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
gatewyes tae warlds aa sarely wished wis hame. on page 33

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
that we aa stared an wished we could but kent on page 8

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
brither a quine cud ivver hiv wished fir." on page 22
p an got the ale larry, an Ah wished my mam wid stairt buyin biscu on page 64
s full ma een: Mam saiq she'd wished aat me an Jennifer war closer on page 80

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Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
chin the derk-eed prince, she wished...Fit could she wish? She wis on page 115
ce tellt the wee quine. "Aa I wished fur his cam true. I ken ye'll on page 124

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
d Munro. Mony’s the time Ah wished him in hell. Aa the same, Ahâ
a the same, Ah’d nivver hae wished him ti meet his eyn thon wey,
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
humour tuik him. Nae that he wished his maister ill, bit a body m
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ce ower the door. Fyles, Neil wished his wife could widen her wee
ot a truer wird. Brian fairly wished himsel hyne awa frae Meiklebu
2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
d made o Erchie, perhaps they wished some o this fame on themselâ€
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Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
gh. But he died onieroads. Ye wished and wished that he would stay
and wished that he would stay alive bit
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Kerr, Oliwia, Sarah and Amber Fiona and the Ring, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
r three wishes. So first, she wished for her wee dug to be with he
he wisna frightened. Next she wished to stop evil Jaggy Johnny fae
n abody intae stane. Then she wished that she and her faimly could
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
this felt like sayin that she wished he’d come an shoot the bugg
e got twa steps inside fin he wished he’d nivver mocked the youn
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
pleased they fitted well and wished her mony a gweed mile oot o'
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
tten her wish ... bit foo she wished she hidna! As she flew aroon
tae gyang sae heich? Foo she wished she wis safe at hame. Foo fle
. She hid aa the gift she’d wished fur. Bobbin an Deirdre’d be
3 matches

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ames. My favourite een that I wished I could play but never wis on(2019) search twitter

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Bot noo A wished fae laboured route on page 49

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